This book analyses trends and data relating to issues affecting social policy in mature welfare states in Europe, and use these elements to further our understanding of, and ability to…

Long-term care is an increasingly important issue in many contemporary welfare states around the globe given ageing populations. This ground-breaking book provides detailed case studies of 11 EU-member states’ welfare…

This fully revised and updated edition of Happiness provides an accessible introduction to the concept of happiness and how it can be applied to public policy in order to help…

Organized into four sections, this Handbook provides knowledge on what poverty is, how it has developed, and what type of policies might be able to succeed in reducing poverty.

This book discusses what makes a good society from a variety of perspectives. It emphasizes the need for individual involvement and the right economic conditions. Citizenship is also central for…

In a time of increasing inequality, why has there been a recent surge of support for political parties who promote an anti-welfare message? Using a mixed methods approach and newly…

Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important…